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Job 1:1-5

RSV 1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
NIV 1
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
RSV 2
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
NIV 2
He had seven sons and three daughters,
RSV 3
He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
NIV 3
and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
RSV 4
His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each on his day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
NIV 4
His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
RSV 5
And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.
NIV 5
When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom.

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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New International Version

Job 1:1-5

NIV 1
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
NIV 2
He had seven sons and three daughters,
NIV 3
and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
NIV 4
His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
NIV 5
When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom.